John G. McCullough
| John G. McCullough | |
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| 49th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 3, 1902 – October 6, 1904 |
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| Lieutenant | Zed S. Stanton |
| Preceded by | William W. Stickney |
| Succeeded by | Charles J. Bell |
| Member of the Vermont Senate | |
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In office 1898 |
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September 16, 1835 Newark, Delaware, United States |
| Died | May 29, 1915 (aged 79) New York City, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Eliza Hall Park |
| Profession | attorney |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
John Griffith McCullough (September 16, 1835 – May 29, 1915) was an American businessperson and attorney. He was Attorney General of California during the Civil War, and the 49th Governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904.
John G. McCullough was born on September 16, 1835, in Newark, Delaware, to Albert and Rebecca (Griffith) McCullough. His father was Scotch-Irish, and his mother Welsh. An ancestor on his mother's side had fought in Oliver Cromwell's army.
His father died when he was three years old, and his mother four years later. Relatives and family friends took him in, and provided him with a private school education.
He attended Delaware College, and graduated first in his class after just two years of schooling. He clerked in the law firm of St. George Tucker Campbell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while attending law school at the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with an LL.B. in 1858, and was admitted to the bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. After a heart attack he was advised to seek a warmer climate. He sailed to California, where he took up the practice of law in Mariposa, California. He was admitted to the bar of the California Supreme Court.
McCullough supported General Edwin Vose Sumner when the Union general seized Fort Alcatraz in 1861, preventing Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston from using the fort in support of bringing California in on the side of the Confederacy.
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